This was done for two reasons. Sometimes, it was a prank: telling a friend "Don't open Mike.exe, it will crash your computer" was a test of trust. Conversely, malicious actors have used benign-sounding names to trick users into opening actual trojans. While there is no record of a massive global outbreak specifically attributed to a malware strain officially named "Virus Mike," the name fits the profile of "social engineering." Malware authors often name their executables after common names or popular files to lower the guard of the victim.
It encrypts your personal files (photos, documents, etc.) and adds the .mike extension to them (e.g., image.jpg becomes image.jpg.mike ). virus mike exe
While the original developer's tools are widely used in the modding community, downloading executables from third-party sites always carries risks. ImVirusMike - COD BO2 This was done for two reasons